U.S. athletes Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) were expelled from the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City after they gave a black power salute on the medal stand.

Written by

Stephanie Wang
stephanie.wang@indystar.com

For its 30th anniversary, the Circle City Classic will re-create an iconic photograph that some might know only from history books:

Two men on the Olympic medal stand, heads bowed and gloved fists raised.

Their silent gesture to support the civil rights movement got track athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos kicked out of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. But it went down in Sports Illustrated's rankings as the sixth-most memorable Olympic moment of all time. ...